Imperio Argentina was a Spanish ballet dancer, born in 1906 in Buenos Aires, who died in 2003.
Biography
Imperio Argentina (born Magdalena Nile del Río; 26 December 1906[1] – 2003) was an Argentine-born Spanish actress and singer who became one of the biggest stars of Spanish cinema during the Second Republican period. She achieved mainstream stardom after being cast by director Florián Rey in the 1927 silent film Sister San Sulpicio.
Throughout her career, she starred in films directed by Spanish filmmakers such as Benito Perojo and Robert Florey, ultimately receiving an Honorary Goya Award in recognition of her institutional impact on Spanish cinema. She remained culturally active until her later years, publishing her autobiography, Malena Clara, in 2001, before dying in Málaga at the age of 97.
Contemporaries
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